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Senecas
Senecas Sen"e*cas, n. pl.; sing. Seneca. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations. Seneca grass(Bot.), holy grass. See under Holy. Seneca eil, petroleum or naphtha. Seneca root, or Seneca snakeroot (Bot.), the rootstock of an American species of milkworth (Polygala Senega) having an aromatic but bitter taste. It is often used medicinally as an expectorant and diuretic, and, in large doses, as an emetic and cathartic. [Written also Senega root, and Seneka root.]
Seneca
Senecas Sen"e*cas, n. pl.; sing. Seneca. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations. Seneca grass(Bot.), holy grass. See under Holy. Seneca eil, petroleum or naphtha. Seneca root, or Seneca snakeroot (Bot.), the rootstock of an American species of milkworth (Polygala Senega) having an aromatic but bitter taste. It is often used medicinally as an expectorant and diuretic, and, in large doses, as an emetic and cathartic. [Written also Senega root, and Seneka root.]

Meaning of Senecas from wikipedia

- often spelled Sinnikins or Sinnekars, which was later corrupted to Senecas. Seneca oral history states that the tribe originated in a village called Nundawao...
- Look up Seneca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seneca may refer to: Seneca (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or...
- this view is Otto Zwierlein, Die Rezitationsdramen Senecas, 1966. George W.M. Harrison (ed.), Seneca in performance, London: Duckworth, 2000. Reynolds...
- soldiers, Senecas, and Mohawks descended on Cherry Valley, whose defenders, despite warnings, were unprepared for the attack. During the raid, the Seneca in...
- centered, began in 1780. Contemporary and modern historians divide the Senecas into two "camps" as of 1820. The Christian camp, led by a man known as...
- Seneca Falls may refer to: Seneca Falls, New York, a town in the United States Seneca Falls (CDP), New York, a hamlet in the United States The Seneca...
- Seneca County is the name of two counties in the United States: Seneca County, New York Seneca County, Ohio This disambiguation page lists articles about...
- connection of the Senecas, the orator Junius Gallio, was the only serious rival to Latro among Rome's best declaimers, according to Seneca. His tributes to...
- Seneca is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: Seneca, Crawford County, Wisconsin, a town Seneca (community), Crawford County, Wisconsin...
- 40°47′02″N 73°58′08″W / 40.784002°N 73.968892°W / 40.784002; -73.968892 Seneca Village was a 19th-century settlement of mostly African American landowners...